a1905	Essex v Northamptonshire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1977 (Group D)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 14th, 16th, 17th May 1977 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Northamptonshire 3
Umpires	A Jepson, D Sang Hue
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire 20/2 (Virgin 11*, Mushtaq Mohammad 6*; 13 overs)
Player of the Match	W Larkins

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BR Hardie	lbw b Larkins	19
MH Denness	b Sarfraz Nawaz	4
KS McEwan	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Dye	6
S Turner	c Virgin b Larkins	5
KR Pont	c Sharp b Dye	4
KD Boyce	lbw b Larkins	6
RE East	b Willey	54
+N Smith	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Hodgson	61
JK Lever	run out	11
DL Acfield	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-19, 4-30, 5-38, 6-48, 7-48, 8-157, 9-174, 10-187 (54.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	10.5	2	31	2	-	-	32.50	2.86
Dye	11	2	39	2	-	-	33.00	3.55
Larkins	11	5	13	3	-	-	22.00	1.18
Hodgson	11	0	59	1	-	-	66.00	5.36
Willey	11	2	34	1	-	-	66.00	3.09

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RT Virgin	b Pont	13
P Willey	b Lever	3
DS Steele	c East b Boyce	0
*Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	85
W Larkins	not out	73
G Cook	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
TJ Yardley	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(3 wickets, 52.4 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-23

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	11	2	17	1	-	-	66.00	1.55
Lever	11	2	37	1	-	-	66.00	3.36
Turner	9.4	1	31	0	-	-	-	3.21
Pont	11	2	33	1	-	-	66.00	3.00
East	5	0	23	0	-	-	-	4.60
Acfield	5	0	33	0	-	-	-	6.60

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> RE East passed his previous highest score of 38 in List A matches
--> N Smith passed his previous highest score of 16 in List A matches
--> W Larkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Essex innings (previous best was 2-27)

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